#56BBD3#56BBD3

#56BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.099 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56BBD3
RGBrgb(86, 187, 211)
HSLhsl(192, 59%, 58%)
HSVhsv(192, 59%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(59.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.02, -22.39, -20.92)
CIE-LCHlch(71.02, 30.65, 223.05°)
OKLaboklab(74.13% -0.0807 -0.0581)
OKLCHoklch(74.13% 0.099 215.7)
XYZxyz(33.3612, 42.2189, 68.0063)
Luminance0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56BBD3 #D36E56
analogous
#56D3AC #56BBD3 #567CD3
triadic
#56BBD3 #D356BB #BBD356
tetradic
#56BBD3 #AC56D3 #D36E56 #7CD356
square
#56BBD3 #AC56D3 #D36E56 #7CD356
split-complementary
#56BBD3 #D3567C #D3AC56
monochromatic
#24778B #31A1BB #56BBD3 #87CFE0 #B7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#56BBD3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44
#56BBD3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD3
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56BBD3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56BBD31.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAB6D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A8D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.099 215.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe0',
    500: '#56bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56bbd3;
$custom-light: #91cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.52,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56BBD3
secondary
#DBB3AA
accent
#6446E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F9FB
border
#CCD2D4
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

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#56BBD3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva